Nils Lofgren w/Bruce Springsteen Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ June 9, 1989 (Two Of Us Master Seriers Volume 40) (Complete Performance) Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C 2021 Transfer: D6 Master Tape > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC 01 Everybody Wants 02 Dreams Die Hard 03 The Sun Hasn’t Set On This Boy Yet 04 Goin’ Back 05 Believe 06 Wonderland 07 Just A Little 08 Keith Don’t Go 09 Rock And Roll Crook 10 Cry Tough 11 Delivery Night 12 Empty Heart 13 Beggar’s Day 14 Moon Tears 15 New Holes In Old Shoes 16 No Mercy 17 I Don’t Want To Know 18 Shine Silently 19 I Came To Dance 20 Tuning 21 Not Fade Away w/Bruce Springsteen 22 In The Midnight Hour w/Bruce Springsteen 23 Lean On Me w/Bruce Springsteen 24 Glory Days w/ Bruce Springstee Known Faults: -Delivery Night: splice -I Don't Want To Know: start slightly cut -I Came To Dance: missing first 1:00 due to technical difficulty > next 1:50 some slight instability Welcome to Volume Thirty-Nine of the "Two Of Us" Master Series. Between 1983 and 1999 there was likely not a taper or taping duo more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of a decade and a half they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times. If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton. What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped. They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists. If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired. The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats. The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition. Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them. This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio. We hope you enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride. ******************************** Nils Lofgren w/Bruce Springsteen 1989-06-09 Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ Shortly after the end of the Tunnel Of Love tour, Nils Lofgren embarked on his own tour and played the Stone Pony at least twice during 1989. Two Of Us were on hand to capture the June 9th show in excellent quality. The encores for this show have circulated for many many years being released as a CD EP by Great Dane exclusively in the Italian Springsteen fanzine "Follow That Dream". Finally with this alternate 2nd source to the EP we get to enjoy the complete Nils Lofgren performance leading up to Bruce joining. I always enjoy hearing the complete performance for shows with Bruce guesting to get a feel for the atmosphere of the night. The atmosphere tonight is electric, after Bruce joins there is over 3 minutes of tuning before we get the familiar Max Weinberg backed beat of "Not Fade Away" (one thing to note, oddly the songs are out of order on the Great Dane release). Three of the four encore songs were not standard during Nils 1989 tour, only playing "Lean On Me" during most shows, of course tonight's version is a wonderful duet. Quality of the EP release is very good and there are some shared audience noises, whistles, etc. but the Two Of Us master is clearly a tier above the EP and is excellent stereo quality. There are a few minor flaws noted above and the first minute of "I Came To Dance" was not useable due to a technical issue with the tape, the next 1:50 minutes are slightly unstable but not to the point of major distraction, after that we are back to normal for the remainder of the song (over 3 more minutes) and show. Nils' 1989 tour was great with a strong setlist, the first seven songs are performed solo, the band joins halfway through a fantastic version of "Keith Don't Go". Thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these great shows as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their work. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in this release and finally to professor goody for always being "on call" to ensure we're at the correct pitch...we've only just begun to scratch the surface. Artwork included... mjk5510 & Two Of Us PREVIOUS RELEASES 01 Elvis Costello 1989-08-20 Columbia, MD 02 David Bowie 1983-07-16 Hartford, CT 03 David Bowie 1983-07-18 Philadelphia, PA 04 Chuck Berry & Ron Wood 1986-06-25 NYC, NY 05 Bangles 1986-03-28 NYC, NY 06 Pretenders 1986-03-28 NYC, NY 07 Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band 1989-08-04 Saratoga Springs, NY 08 Tracy Chapman 1988-11-28 NYC, NY 09 Animals 1983-11-12 NYC, NY 10 Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit 1984-08-18 Queens, NY 11 Blasters 1986-07-25 NYC, NY 12 Roy Orbison 1988-07-27 NYC, NY 13 Paul McCartney 1989-08-24 NYC, NY 14 John Cale 1987-06-27 NYC, NY 15 Nick Lowe 1995-01-30 NYC, NY 16 E Street Band Presents The E Street Revue 1992-11-21 Red Bank, NJ 17 David Byrne 1993-12-23 NYC, NY 18 Dave Edmunds 1994-09-15 NYC, NY 19 Marianne Faithful 1990-10-17 NYC, NY 20 Ronnie Spector 1989-12-22 NYC, NY 21 Ronnie Spector 1989-12-23 NYC, NY 22 John Fogerty 1997-09-18 NYC, NY 23 A Christmas Gift For You 1988-12-22 NYC, NY 24 A Christmas Gift For You 1988-12-23 NYC, NY 25 Elvis Costello 1989-08-29 Holmdel, NJ 26 Bob Dylan 1997-04-20 Long Branch, NJ 27 Ronnie Spector 1990-09 NYC, NY 28 Gary US Bonds 1983-07-11 NYC, NY 29 Kinks 1993-05-13 NYC, NY 30 Bruce Springsteen 1985-01-15 Charlotte, NC 31 Blasters 1985-10-26 NYC, NY 32 Difford & Tilbrook 1989-09-23 NYC, NY 33 Elvis Costello 1984-08-16 Queens, NY 34 Joe Ely 1986-09-12 (Early) NYC, NY 35 Elvis Costello 1989-08-19 Philadelphia 36 Original Crickets w/Steve Forbert 1987-04-28 NYC, NY 37 Squeeze Acoustic 1996-07-30 NYC, NY 38 Elvis Costello 1989-08-23 Wantagh, NY 39 David Bowie 1983-07-20 Philadelphia